by Karen Benish (Banaszak)

Month: August 2004

I know it has been a long time since I have posted. This past week has been very busy due to planning and celebrating multiple birthdays. For the sake of brevity, some events of the past week may be omitted. On Monday, I hung out with Jen*. We went to lunch, went shopping, and tried… Continue reading Champaign Visit v7.0

Friday I went to North Beach with my cousin Amy, her friends Melissa and Erica, Jen and Nicole. We had free drinks for an hour. I had three (Fuzzy Navel, Amaretto Sour, Rum & Coke), then I felt like I had to stop. The bartenders who tend the free parties are definitely trainees. I told… Continue reading Champaign Visit v6.0

I got to talk to Alan online today. He didn’t have the charger for his phone in Champaign, so that didn’t work, and yesterday he wasn’t online. We hadn’t talked (really) since Thursday (I don’t count the call I made from Jen’s house when he told me his phone was going to be low on… Continue reading Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on…

First things first, I uploaded some pictures from the Saturday night girls’ night in. See Renee drinking. See Jenny laughing at us. See what happens to Renee when she lets Karen draw on her face. Well, last night (Monday night) I slept over at Jenny’s. We watched Murder by Numbers and Newsies. Murder by Numbers… Continue reading Yet Another Sleepover

After a very exciting weekend, today was rather slow. I wasn’t a bum today, but I didn’t go out of the house either. I finally got to call Alan (yeay!), although he couldn’t talk when I called and had to call back a few hours later. I would have been upset, but he apologized, and… Continue reading Bending it Like Bender B. Rodriguez

My back really really hurts. Ugh, somebody shoot me. I emailed Krissy from AFLAC today to tell her that I won’t be taking the position at AFLAC. It was hard to let money go, but I can’t see myself enjoying that job. On Saturday, I woke up to receive an email from Rebecca (from TravelCLICK).… Continue reading Ow Ow Ow

After doing a little internet research (message boards) it sounds like AFLAC isn’t a helluva lot of fun. I don’t really want to go into the details, but essentially it’s cutthroat and they aren’t as helpful as you would like. Anyway, it is definitely something I’m capable of (and probably capable of doing well at),… Continue reading I Guess Not

Krissy from AFLAC called me at 10am this morning to tell me that she wants to offer me a contract. I was expecting this call on Monday, so I was a little surprised. I either need to call her back (probably) or go to “the monthly regional meeting in DeKalb at 9am on Monday” to… Continue reading AFLAC *Quack*

Since things have been pretty fluctuational lately, I decided that some people may need a brief recap of what’s up. Today would be good, since as a result of doing so much lately, I did practically nothing today. I finished my ugly rug. [Job] I have been doing some contracting work for TravelCLICK. It seems… Continue reading Major Update #2